Abstract:
In this dissertation, the Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin finite element method
is used to investigate the performance analysis of slider bearings with the effect of
temperature and surface roughness on one-dimensional longitudinal and transverse
roughness types. Laminar fluid films, unsteady fluid films with or without heat
conduction through the pad and slider, turbulent fluid films with or without porous
material, and non-Newtonian power-law fluid-type lubricants were among the fluid
lubricants employed in this study. The roughness is thought to have a stochastic and
Gaussian random distribution. It is also thought that for a Newtonian fluid lubricant
film, viscosity and density depend on temperature. For the purpose of numerical
computation, the surface roughness-induced irregularity of the domains is transformed
into a regular domain. In addition to the energy equation, the continuity equation and
momentum equation are utilised to derive the modified Reynolds equations for each
scenario in order to assess the performance of load-carrying capacity and pressure
distribution. With appropriate boundary conditions, the approach is connected to
the stochastically averaged Reynolds-type equation. The Ng-Pan turbulent model
was used to derive the modified Reynolds equation for turbulent lubrication fluid
films. In addition, the power-law viscosity model was used to derive the modified
Reynolds equation for non-Newtonian lubricant fluid films. The pressure distribution
of the combined effects is lower than the thermal and surface roughness effects in the
case of the one-dimensional longitudinal surface roughness model for non-parallel
slider bearings (w = 0.4). However, the thermal effect is less than the combined
and surface roughness effect for the one-dimensional transverse surface roughness
model type. In an unsteady state with heat conduction through the solid, the bearing
performance under isothermal boundary conditions is superior to that of adiabatic and
exposed boundary conditions to the environment. Furthermore, we also look at the
combined effect at different temperatures. As a result, for both models, a higher slider
temperature than the pad temperature improves load-carrying capacity performance.
A one-dimensional longitudinal surface roughness slider bearing typically has a
lower pressure distribution than a one-dimensional transversal surface roughness
model type. In general, taking the surface roughness effect, inertial effect, turbulent
lubrication effect, the porous permeability parameter, and non-Newtonian power-law
fluid properties will typically improve the bearing performance of infinitely long plane
slider-bearing. The numerically obtained results were presented using tables and
graphs.
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